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Y2K bug delays anti-virus system
News Despite strong sales driven by a triple whammy of computer virus outbreaks this spring, PC protection software maker Symantec is debating whether to go ahead with plans to release its next-generation anti-virus solution, the Digital Immune System...
[July 22, 1999, 9:30]
Y2K legacy creates PC-disposal headache
News Four years on and most of the millennium-proofed PCs drafted in to weather the IT cataclysm-that-never-was are approaching the end of their lives. Worldwide, businesses are set to replace about 220 million PCs by the end of next year - easily...
[May 28, 2004, 16:35]
Y2K legacy creates PC-disposal headache
Talkback Put it another way - the Y2K legacy will create a bonus for cash-strapped businesses, and home users. Go to any computer fair and for £50 you can buy Dell and Compaq systems that were originally bought in 1999.
[June 15, 2004, 23:42]
Y2K no longer the no.1 challenge for insurers
News This is the key finding of an European insurance sector survey by Datamonitor. Insurers polled in the survey view the year 2000 as an IT issue, whereas the Euro is seen as a both a business and an IT issue.
[February 10, 1999, 14:58]
Upbeat Y2K message from MOD
News The report, published on the MOD Web site, claimed all mission critical computer systems, including those controlling weapons, would be compliant by September 1999. Defence Secretary George Robertson said: "The Year 2000 is a real issue, and we are...
[December 9, 1998, 11:59]
Another name and shame campaign for Y2K laggards
News Margaret Beckett, leader of the House of Commons confirmed that the Audit Commission will publish details of local government preparedness in the spring of 1999. In October, Action 2000 confirmed it was considering a similar policy for companies...
[December 2, 1998, 17:17]
Russian defence system not Y2K compliant?
News According to the report US military analysts fear that Russia's defence system may not be Y2K compliant and warn that it may be in jeopardy. It goes on to say that the Russians have allocated £2.3m for new hardware and software but the testing...
[March 3, 1999, 11:02]
US Report: IBM hit with Y2K suit
News IBM Corp.is the latest major company to find itself in the cross hairs of a Y2K liability fight. Oakbrook, Ill.gynecologist Mario C. Yu has filed suit seeking class-action status on behalf of those who bought bundled software and hardware products...
[December 23, 1998, 9:06]
Early Y2K bugs aren't all fun and games
News The Y2K-related glitches we've seen so far have ranged from the silly to the scary. In Maine, an inconvenient yet innocuous glitch registered automobiles as horse-less carriages. But in California, a Y2K-test-gone-awry spewed sewage into the streets.
[December 20, 1999, 15:52]
Trend Micro launches Y2K site
News Tokyo-based anti-virus company Trend Micro launched a new Web site dedicated to keeping an eye out for Y2K viruses on Thursday. The new site, Y2Kvirus.com , offers information and support for concerned computer users about Y2K viruses, hoaxes and...
[November 25, 1999, 16:54]
Half drunk employees more worrying than Y2K
News Most British IT managers believe that on millennium morning, half drunk employees will be a much greater threat to their computer infrastructure than any trifling Y2K problem, according to a report commissioned by software company Symantec.
[October 29, 1999, 10:17]
FTC opens consumer Y2K scam hotline
News The hotline, at 888-USA-4-Y2K, advises consumers not to give out bank account or credit card numbers over the phone or online to people saying they need them for Y2K-related purposes. Consumers are also being advised to look out for unauthorised...
[March 31, 1999, 7:28]
Y2K bug strikes early for credit-card machines
News Thousands of shops have reported problems with credit-card machines that have apparently malfunctioned when attempting to recognise the year 2000, causing chaos in the January sales. Many shops have resorted to using archaic credit-card machines...
[December 29, 1999, 14:54]
Programmer wants Y2K fix payback
News A 49-year-old California computer programmer who patented a widely used Y2K fix is now hoping to get a slice of the estimated $600bn (£372bn) that US businesses have spent fixing the problem. Bruce Dickens, who works for Boeing, developed a very...
[November 11, 1999, 17:18]
Security a low priority in Y2K
News The apocalypse widely expected to bring the tech world to its knees at the new millennium didn't occur. But security experts agree that disaster still looms. The Year 2000 bug was squashed by a massive international effort that monopolised most of...
[December 27, 2000, 12:15]
Peter Coffee: Forbodings about Y2K weekend
News International Y2K problems won't be The End Of The World As We Know It (TEOTWAWKI, pronounced "Tee-oh-twau-kee"), but on this first day of Winter 1999, I don't find this a comforting assessment, and I don't intend that you should either.
[December 30, 1999, 6:05]
Finjan confirms Y2K virus onslaught
News January 1 could be the launch day for a major virus epidemic according to President and CEO of Finjan Anti-Virus, Bill Lyons. Lyons last week told ZDNet that warnings about the danger of virus attacks designed to coincide with the Y2K bug have by...
[November 8, 1999, 10:10]
Watch the Y2K bug live across the world
News US based Internet performance monitoring firm, Keynote Sytems, will post up-to-the-minute details of Internet devastation or lack of it, on its Web site at http://www.keynote.com. Information will be based on detailed monitoring of the performance...
[December 30, 1999, 12:19]
PC makers get post-Y2K blues
News The stock markets hammered PC manufacturers Monday, as new data on worldwide PC growth increasingly suggested that 1999's tremendous demand was a Y2K-inspired anomaly. The US and Europe came in at the bottom of the table for year-on-year sales...
[July 25, 2000, 14:03]
VoIP boom driven by Y2K
News Telecom equipment suppliers say they're seeing a belated Y2K windfall as companies such as Bank of America and Ford move ahead with plans to replace outdated gear with new Internet phone systems. The infamous Year 2000 computer bug forced companies...
[October 21, 2004, 9:10]
